What's on in London on Thursday 26th September 2024

Top events happening London

Working Widows in Seventeenth-Century London

Join us for an in-depth look into the fascinating lives of three women who lived and worked in 17th century City of London. Join us for an in-depth look into the fascinating lives of three women who lived and worked …

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12:30pm to 1:30pm
£5
Clerkenwell

A Singular Bridge

The history of London Bridge from Roman times to the present. For centuries the only bridge in London to cross the Thames, the history of London Bridge from Roman times to the present is the subject of this talk by …

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2:00pm to 3:00pm
Free
City of London

Victorians in Mourning

Join us for the latest event in a programme to accompany our current exhibition ‘Hidden Histories of Keats House’. The Wellcome Collection’s Lou Brook will explore the Victorian approach to death, with its many rules and regulations, and how they …

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6:30pm to 8:00pm
£6.50
Keats House, Hampstead

Cecil Beaton - Photographing The Royal Family

Join royal biographer Hugo Vickers as he explores the work of Sir Cecil Beaton, one of the most celebrated and influential photographers of the 20th century and acclaimed portrait photographer of the British Royal Family. Drawing on his own conversations …

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6:30pm to 9:00pm
£35
The King's Gallery, Whitehall

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

The Vinyl Factory - Reverb

180 Studios presents The Vinyl Factory — Reverb, a multimedia exhibition exploring the intersection of art and sound. In the largest show of its kind, The Vinyl Factory brings together over 100 artists and musicians – working across mediums including …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 28th Sep 2024 Closing Soon
£25
180 Studios, Strand

Henry Willett's Collection of Popular Pottery

From animal menageries to souvenirs of early balloon flight, the 19th-century philanthropist Henry Willett collected an eccentric array of pottery. Loaned from Brighton Museum, this display showcases more than 300 years of popular British history. Ian has Visited – review …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 29th Sep 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum, South Kensington

Gardening Bohemia: Bloomsbury Women Outdoors

This summer the Garden Museum presents the first exhibition to explore the gardens of the Bloomsbury group. Gardening Bohemia: Bloomsbury Women Outdoors centres on four extraordinary women and the green spaces they surrounded themselves with: writer Virginia Woolf and her …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 29th Sep 2024 Closing Soon
£15
The Garden Museum, Southwark

Tours of a replica 17th-century Spanish galleon

The Spanish galleon, the Andalucía will be in London for a week, and they’re offering tours of the sailing ship. The Galeón Andalucía is a replica of the ship used by the Spanish during the 16th to 18th centuries in …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 29th Sep 2024 Closing Soon
£12
Wapping

Little Omens

Little Omens is about searching for a sign or direction, whether in nature or in the past, to keep hope alive in what seems like a return of Dark Ages. We are living in confusing times of abundance and famine, …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 29th Sep 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Whitechapel

Romany Mark Bruce - (UN)SEEN

(UN)SEEN is a new collection of paintings by Romany Mark Bruce, Irish-born painter and sculptor, exploring the way we interact with our environment. How do we choose to look at our surroundings, or do we choose not to recognise at …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 29th Sep 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Bethnal Green

Victorian London in Photographs

This temporary outdoor exhibition showcases The London Metropolitan Archive’s extraordinary range of photographs from Queen Victoria’s reign which record the city and its people in stunning detail. The arrival of photography in London in 1839 changed the way people saw …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 29th Sep 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Tower Hill

Jeff Wayne's The War of The Worlds: The Immersive Experience

Experience a real Martian invasion in London at Jeff Wayne’s The War of The Worlds: The Immersive Experience. See it, hear it, live it, with 24 extraordinary scenes, multi-sensory effects and virtual reality – all set to Jeff Wayne’s iconic …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 29th Sep 2024 Closing Soon
£52

Storyteller: Photography by Tim Hetherington

Take a deeper look into the human experience of conflict with Storyteller: Photography by Tim Hetherington at IWM London. Explore a more thoughtful and visually captivating insight into conflict than in the news we watch or read, and challenge your …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 29th Sep 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Imperial War Museum, Southwark

Hand writing history: 200 years of personal diaries

For the past 40 years artist Dylan Jonas Stone has been collecting personal diaries and his unique collection now numbers over 200 diaries, acquired at flea markets, car boot sales and online, as well as other printed and manuscript ephemera. …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 29th Sep 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Holborn

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